Turkey’s Erdogan likens Netanyahu to infamous dictators
Erdogan has compared Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders with “Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin”, saying their “crimes in Gaza” have turned them into “Nazis”, reports Turkey’s Anadolu news agency. Giving a speech in Istanbul, Erdogan also took aim at Muslim nations he believes have failed the Palestinians’ cause, saying the “Islamic world of two billion people has not fulfilled its duty”.
Turkey, for its part, he said, “firmly backs” Palestinian group Hamas and would do everything possible to hold Israel to account under international law for its “massacres”. Erdogan has been one of Israel’s harshest critics during the war in Gaza, pushing the countries’ once warming ties to a low point.
Five months into war, 80 percent of Gaza homes ‘uninhabitable’
Palestinians in Gaza increasingly have no shelter or food, said Salameh Maarouf, head of the enclave’s media office. Five months into the war, 80 percent of the homes in Gaza have been rendered “uninhabitable” said Maarouf, while 120,000 families are suffering from famine.
A displaced Palestinian woman carries her belongings through a street amid the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Khan Younis, Gaza, on March 6
Destruction caused by Israel amounts to $30bn: Gaza government
Gaza’s Government Media Office has said the destruction caused by Israel in the enclave since October 7 amounts to more than $30bn due to the damage to homes, facilities, and other infrastructure, including road, electricity, water, and sewage networks.
